What is the test for exclusion of evidence in a civil case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. McKay, 117 Cal.Rptr.2d 236, 27 Cal.4th 601, 41 P.3d 59 (Cal. 2002):
10. United States v. Walker (5th Cir.1992) 960 F.2d 409, 415 ("the proper inquiry in determining whether to exclude the evidence at issue is not whether the state officials' actions in arresting him were `lawful' or `valid under state law'").
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